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28402
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As a task force studies alternatives to the closing of Durham High School, its decision will affect the county’s school system for years to come. The decision will indicate how Durham and the new school system chooses to pay attention to its most disadvantaged and at-rick students. The students, the new school system, and the task force’s job are all explored a month from when a proposal will be made.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 5, February 1993,
p6-9
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28407
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Roz Savitt is the winner of a 1993 Independent Weekly Citizen Award. Savitt is a lobbyist at the NC General Assembly. She was ranked as the 12th most effective lobbyist and most effective female lobbyist. She has played a key role in expanding funds for child-protective services, enacting the first AIDS anti-discrimination statute, eliminating the death penalty for juveniles and repealing the marital rape exemption.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 47, November 1993,
p9
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28410
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Lynice Williams is the winner of a 1993 Independent Weekly Citizen Award. Williams is the executive direction of the grassroots advocacy group NC Fair Share. Williams and her group works to achieve social justice and their work has helped low- and moderate-income North Carolinians find good, affordable health care.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 47, November 1993,
p12
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28459
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The story of Rhoda Bruington and her path to prison are told. Bruington was 46 when she helped her boyfriend commit armed robbery and was sentenced to 104 years in prison. The prison and justice system in North Carolina and its need for reform are also discussed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 8, February 1995,
p10-13
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28461
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Dr. Constance Battle is an OB-GYN with a practice in North Raleigh. Battle built her own practice and sees 8,000 patients and delivers up to 30 babies a month. Many women seek Battle out because she is one of a few female OB-GYNs. Oftentimes, many women want female caregivers and Battle is happy to take care of them. Battle’s practice and her patients are described.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 20, May 1995,
p8-9
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28468
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Manners, attitudes, gender communications, and the progress in sexual relations among young adults are discussed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students. The questions and the student responses are prompted after a fraternity rush letter from Phi Gamma Delta was posted on campus detailing how joining the fraternity would help young men have sex. Fraternity members, non-fraternity members, young men, young women, and administrators discuss the sex on college campuses.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 50, December 1995,
p9-13
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1202
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\"Soft-money\" research professors at North Carolina State University are responsible for raising their salaries as well as the dollar amounts of research grants from government agencies, philanthropic organizations, and, increasingly, private industries.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 35, Sept 1993,
p15-19, por
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8.Sagacious Hellfire by Ruley, Melinda; Schewel, Steve Independent Weekly Vol. 13 Issue 18, May 1995
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2305
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During his six years as a columnist for the Independent, Hal Crowther's writing has reaped praise, outrage, and hostility from readers. In his new book, UNARMED BUT DANGEROUS, he continues to point out the foibles of humankind.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 18, May 1995,
p10-13, por
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2560
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Built in 1920 for male felons aged 19 to 21, Raleigh's Polk Youth Institution is documented in this photo-journal essay before its relocation to Butner in 1996.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 42, Oct 1995,
p11-13,15, il
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26992
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The election of George Bush to president has left Democrats with negative feelings about the campaign process. According to Paul Luebke, a University of North Carolina-Greensboro sociologist, the Democrats can beat Republicans statewide only if they specifically show how they stand on issues and how Republicans don’t.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 6 Issue 22, Nov 17-30 1988,
p11-15, por
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27510
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Some of the Triangle’s biggest issues from the past year are slowly being resolved. Updates to the major news stories since they were first printed are covered. These include the zoning issues in Orange County, traffic congestion in the Triangle, public transportation in the Triangle, downtown development in Raleigh, the merging of Durham’s schools, and the survival of the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 50, December 12-18 1990,
p10-11
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